It's Allure's Annual Nudes Issue: Meet the Actresses Who Bared All

"This is the first interview I've ever done where I'm not wearing panties. Lucky you," says Kristen Bell. She has just stripped down for Allure's annual nudes shoot (in the May issue of Allure, on newsstands now). And so did three other courageous actresses: Minnie Driver, Jenna Dewan Tatum, and Nia Long. "I was a little bit nervous, but I actually really love my body—it's done amazing things for me," says Driver of the experience. "There's such a grace to being confident in who you are." We asked the women what it feels like to disrobe for America.

MINNIE DRIVER

"I never could have done this when I was 25—no way," says Minnie Driver. "All I saw then were the flaws. I still see the flaws, but I see what's great more—and I've got a banging body." The 44-year-old actress (Return to Zero, About a Boy) credits a mixture of ballet and cardio barre. As for the prep for her Allure shoot? "I juiced significantly. I got a wax. You want to be neat and tidy in front of people you don't know when you're naked, I think—but I'm British."

Have you ever had a body double? "I had a body double once [in The Governess]. She had an enormous bottom!"

Have you posed nude before? "Yes, for Karl Lagerfeld. It was a thousand times more intimidating—maybe because it was in Paris, and everyone was aloof."

What body part makes you most self-conscious? "My boobs do make me a little bit self-conscious, because I had a baby and things really do change. I would rather go bottomless on the beach than topless actually, as it turns out—you'll never see that, of course."